Below is a list of online tools currently utilized by the 7th grade gold team.
• Animoto (www.animoto.com)http://animoto.com/legal/education_termsAnimoto is a video creation service that makes it easy and fun for anyone to create and share videos using their own pictures, video clips, words, and music. Teachers in our team create accounts for students through an Education account, using only first name, last initial, and school-issued, monitored Gaggle email address.
• Edmodo (www.district96.edmodo.com)http://www.edmodo.com/corporate/terms-of-serviceA free and secure online learning platform where teachers and students can collaborate and share content. This private learning environment is managed by the teacher and provides a safe and easy way to support learning beyond the classroom. You may sign up for a parent account on Edmodo, which connects to your child’s account. To sign up for a parent account, you need your child’s unique parent code. To find out more, visit http://support.edmodo.com and click on "I'm a Parent."
• Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org)http://www.khanacademy.org/about/tosKhan Academy offers thousands of instructional videos and practice problems on a variety of subjects. Teachers using Khan Academy become the student's coach and create the Child Accounts with parental permission. In this way, teachers can monitor student progress and success. Child Accounts have special privacy considerations, including no access to the discussion forums.
• Quizlet (www.quizlet.com)http://quizlet.com/tosQuizlet allows users to create sets of flashcards and to view flashcard sets created by other users. Quizlet offers a limited feature set and website experience that removes certain social features for children under 13.
Please note that students only use their Gaggle email for online account creation at school. Gaggle is a restricted, filtered, and monitored email service for schools and districts.
• Animoto (www.animoto.com)http://animoto.com/legal/education_termsAnimoto is a video creation service that makes it easy and fun for anyone to create and share videos using their own pictures, video clips, words, and music. Teachers in our team create accounts for students through an Education account, using only first name, last initial, and school-issued, monitored Gaggle email address.
• Edmodo (www.district96.edmodo.com)http://www.edmodo.com/corporate/terms-of-serviceA free and secure online learning platform where teachers and students can collaborate and share content. This private learning environment is managed by the teacher and provides a safe and easy way to support learning beyond the classroom. You may sign up for a parent account on Edmodo, which connects to your child’s account. To sign up for a parent account, you need your child’s unique parent code. To find out more, visit http://support.edmodo.com and click on "I'm a Parent."
• Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org)http://www.khanacademy.org/about/tosKhan Academy offers thousands of instructional videos and practice problems on a variety of subjects. Teachers using Khan Academy become the student's coach and create the Child Accounts with parental permission. In this way, teachers can monitor student progress and success. Child Accounts have special privacy considerations, including no access to the discussion forums.
• Quizlet (www.quizlet.com)http://quizlet.com/tosQuizlet allows users to create sets of flashcards and to view flashcard sets created by other users. Quizlet offers a limited feature set and website experience that removes certain social features for children under 13.
Please note that students only use their Gaggle email for online account creation at school. Gaggle is a restricted, filtered, and monitored email service for schools and districts.